The number of listings including the word “badass,” for example, has increased by 2,000 percent on the site since 2006, NJ.com reports. That's nothing compared to "ninja," the use of which has exploded by 7,000 percent. Then there's just “rock star," with which, let's just say, neither term can compete.

So what gives? It seems that in the fierce competition for top-level programming talent, technology companies hope a fun job description will help give them the edge.

If it all sounds a bit much, that's because it is. Since a job title can be “a projection of you as a person,” language professor Frank Nuessel told The Boston Globe, “a pompous job title, [is] going to go with you.’’ So next time, maybe lay off the King Almighty or whatever.

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